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Legal Secretary Secretly Amasses Fortune, Donates Most of It to Charity

By Gerry Riskin on May 24, 2018
Posted in Articles, Human Interest
Screen capture of New York Times article published May 6, 2018

Check out this heart-warming story from the New York Times.

The article describes how Sylvia Bloom, who worked as a legal secretary at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton for 67 years, created a fortune of more than $9 million…

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